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- Comment on Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean 1 week ago:
When the plastic eating bacteria starts endangering the existence of artificial consciousness in the machine, life on earth will be purposefully wiped out.
- Comment on I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age 1 week ago:
Public key cryptography and signatures are common technologies nowadays.
- Comment on I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age 1 week ago:
It is possible to build an age verification system, where you use your actual ID with a cryptographic process without any personal data. The technology has existed for decades now.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
Easier to dominate.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
This is very bad advice for cold weather.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
Washing hands is overrated. It only leads to a weaker immune system.
- Comment on Docs used to be cool as hell 1 week ago:
This opium-cannabis-arsenic tincture will make you feel much better in no time.
- Comment on I am an amateur propagandist. A hobbyist. Enthusiast, if you will. 2 weeks ago:
One of Netanyahu’s sons was a press officer behind the lines, but the other was with combat intelligence at the front.
Israel is different in this regard. Everybody serves in the army. It’s also a small country. The military Is closely woven into society. The IDF is not a professional army, but mostly made up of reservists who are called up as needed. That means the political leaders will know people personally who have to fight.
What unit you serve in can make a big difference for your later success in life. Combat units, special forces, Air Force, and intelligence have the highest prestige.
Politicians benefit immensely in their credibility, if they have a distinct military career.
- Comment on If contemporary professional comedians were magically taken to the Paleolichic, they'd probably work much earlier in the day. Back then, there were no Late Night Shows or well-lit comedy clubs. 2 weeks ago:
People telling jokes around the at night seems like a very ancient human tradition.
- Comment on he forgor 2 weeks ago:
Valid. Employers want people they hire to do as they are told.
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
Yes, humanity needs a spiritual transformation of thought.
Marxists are materialists necessarily because it stems from a rejection of capitalism and private ownership. The vision of a classless communist society is extremely vague and put off to the far future.
Leftists often stay trapped in criticism, deconstruction, contrarianism. Anti- capitalism becomes an end unto itself. If the revolution is successful, revolution itself becomes a fetish.
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
I was wondering, if you were referring to Soulism. I first encountered it, when a Soulist instance was announced.
What you’re saying jibes well with themes I know from psychology, therapy, and occultism.
Contrary to materialist Marxist victim thinking, soulism seems to empower the individual to change.
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
Totally. Especially today people hole up in their tiny bubbles and echo chambers. Any challenges to their worldview and beliefs are rejected as woke, cultural Marxist, far left, fascist, racist, bigotry, etc. Being able to endure and process the emotions that come up, when you’re challenged is a skill people across the political spectrum have less and less. Emotions are endlessly validated regardless of facts, to the detriment of society and everyone’s wellbeing at large. The celebration of victimhood is toxic for everyone and keep them disempowered. It’s not just the left. The right has its whole „white genocide“ myth, and endless conspiracy theories about powerful evil elites.
It’s extremely prevalent here on Lemmy/Piefed as well. Actual discussion between opposing viewpoints is rare, and usually cut short by mods.
People should just talk to and more importantly listen to each other.
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
Yours is the most challenging and interesting reply to this post. Of course it‘s downvoted by the intellectual nepotism babies.
Could you elaborate a bit or share links for some reading?
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
If someone brings evidence, ban them for reasons of wrongspeak.
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 2 weeks ago:
There are also many definitions of god, and Dawkins engages with all of them. Dawkins is much more strongly opposed do theism, than deism for example. He engages with philosophical ideas about god.
Dawkins argues that we don’t need god to explain the universe, life, or anything else. He further goes on to argue that religious belief in god trains people to be irrational fanatics, which damages society, progress, science. In the end Dawkins says, there’s no proof for the existence of god, and that we would all be better off without religion. However IIRC Dawkins recognizes that religious belief can have positive psychological effects.
The new atheists have become their own subculture with its own values. The online new atheist scene also attracts people who love to argue, provoke, and pick fights. Contrarians and skeptics are not the same, but can overlap.
There‘s also a pipeline that goes like this: new atheism > anti religion > anti islam > white nationalism
The issue here is that the left has abandoned its opposition to religion, especially regarding Islam, in the name of anti-racism and intersectional identity politics. So these people are rejected by the left and driven to the right.
- Comment on Talking to new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty — "This team has brought it back before, and I'm here to help us do it again." 2 weeks ago:
Full on gamer brain take.
- Comment on he forgor 2 weeks ago:
The qualification is social proof, that you’re from at least middle class background. Meaning you have a little manners and know social codes.
- Comment on me btw 2 weeks ago:
There are many nice and FOSS GUIs for the tasks ffmpeg is usually used for.
Handbrake is a great example for macOS, windows, Linux.
For more advanced video compression Shutter Encoder is fantastic.
Good old AVIDemux has a few other cool features as well, like cutting without reencoding.
There are also a bunch of straight up ffmpeg front ends as well.
Why do people use those shitty websites?
They show up as a fast and easy option without having to research, download, install, and learn to use a more complicated application.
- Comment on The people who believe "progressiveness is just a fad that one grows out of" are the same people that grew up getting brainwashed into regressive politics. The belief is only true for them. 2 weeks ago:
Oh no, someone has a nuanced take! Downvotes incoming.
The issue here is the catch-all terms being used. „Progressive“ is a bit of a mushy term in the first place.
Young people tend to be more idealistic and radical, regardless of the specific political ideology. The young know little, have little experience, and don’t own a lot. That tends to change with age.
Real life experience changes this over time. You notice when ideology and reality don’t align. You notice how implementing an ideology disadvantages you compared to others in some contexts. The cost can become quite high, if you’re deeply ideologically invested.
- Comment on The purpose of many company emails is not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. 3 weeks ago:
E-Mails are also excellent, if you want to push through something unpopular. Send a long e-mail that will be ignored by most people. Repeat at least once. Then you can reference back to it at a later date.
- Comment on The longer I'm alive, the more I feel that people make things complicated to feel important. 3 weeks ago:
Middle men all the way.
- Comment on Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's Zionist Bar Problem 3 weeks ago:
or go to piefed
- Comment on Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? 3 weeks ago:
All valid points. It is still popular.
toxic kingdoms
Exist here too.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Better for LibreOffice and other software to read and write.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Docx is bloated XML, but much better than the binary formats before.
- Comment on Save as PDF 4 weeks ago:
Apple‘s AirPrint standard for wireless printing is pretty much sending a PDF over IPP.
- Comment on Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? 4 weeks ago:
Zulip integrates with Jitsi, Zoom, and Bigbluebutton for voice and video chat. Looks like a sensible solution.
- Comment on Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? 4 weeks ago:
Not bad is a good description. It’s not fun to use compared to other chat software.
- Comment on Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app? 4 weeks ago:
Call them cretins all you want, Discord in a great piece of software and very powerful. The usability is better than most others.